A police dog gets an officer's funeral

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Dogs are used in several capacities in law enforcement. Some dogs are muscle, used for crowd control and the protection of human officers. Others are trained to track suspects, missing persons, drugs, or dead bodies. These dogs are treated like real officers, each getting their own badge -- it’s even a felony to kill a police dog. When one of these animals is killed in the line of duty, it often receives the same funeral as any police officer, complete with procession, speeches and a flag-folding ceremony. (None of which we saw at the end of Turner and Hooch! Get your facts straight, Hollywood.)